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GM technology holds great benefits and promise for Africa, which needs to boost food output and to feed a growing population—expected to climb from 1.2 billion to 2.4 billion by 2050. About half of that increase is expected to occur in Africa. Without a sharp increase in food production, Africa faces a future of increased […]
South Africa’s economy contracted 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter in the final three months of last year as mining and manufacturing output shrank, the statistics agency said on Tuesday, putting credit ratings at risk. Africa’s most industrialised economy faces the risk of being downgraded to junk status owing to weak economic growth after it got a reprieve […]
The High Commissioner of Malaysia in Nigeria, His Excellency, Lim Juay Jin, has expressed surprise at the level of efforts being mustered and deployed by Contec Agro towards achieving food sufficiency in Nigeria. The High Commissioner who visited the research laboratory facility of Contec Agro in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday, particularly expressed delight at the […]
The Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Education, Professor Manuel Heitor has indicated the interest of Portuguese government to partner with the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) to expand technologies with a view to enhancing tropical agriculture and food security in Nigeria. Professor Heitor made this known, while leading a team of experts in different […]
Conventional agriculture as we know it is associated with working tediously with hoe and machete, getting dirty in the fields with little or nothing to show for the labour exerted. However, advancement in technology now see farmers leveraging on hydroponics technology which requires less energy and time to get better yield with less soil or […]
The Oyo State Government has stated that herdsman caught with guns would be treated as criminals and prosecuted accordingly. This was stated in a communiqué issued at the end of the Oyo State Inter-Religious/Ethnic Committee ,OYSIREC, held in Ibadan at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office. The meeting was attended by religious, tribal, ethnic […]
A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has restated his call for true federalism as a panacea to Nigeria’s problems. While speaking at the Obafemi Awolowo University at a program organised by the Faculty of Law on Thursday, Mr. Abubakar said in a true federal system, the federal government would have little or no need for…” […]
Tomato farmers in Katsina State are smiling to the banks as the price of the commodity jerked up recently. In most farms in the state, a big basket is sold at between N4,000 and N4,5000. At the same period last year, farmers and merchants of tomato in the state were badly affected by glut of […]
The MD/CEO of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), Mrs Zaheera Baba-Ari, has said farmers can now use their farm produce as collateral to secure loans from banks. To do this, Mrs Baba-Ari advised farmers to get in touch with the commodity brokers in their localities, who will help them aggregate their harvest and store them […]
The Katsina State government says it has made huge investment in agriculture to enhance production and pave way for wealth creation and income generation across the state. Ibrahim Musa Kalla, Special Assistant on Press Affairs to the state deputy governor, who doubles as commissioner for Agriculture, said the state government has rehabilitated seven irrigation schemes […]
Sokoto is famed as a key producer of carrot, a popular root vegetable which experts have noted to be very rich in Vitamin A, dietary fibre, antioxidants, and minerals. It is cultivated in Kware, Ilela, Goronyo, Wamakko, Gada and Dange Shuni local government areas of the state. On a weekly basis, not less than 10 […]
Olam, one of the multinational organisations producing rice locally in Nigeria has been honoured with the National Productivity Order of Merit award (NPOM) for the year 2016. Olam Rice Farm in Rukubi, Nasarawa State, sits on 14,000 hectares equipped with a 105,000 metric tonnes capacity rice mill. The award ceremony, which took place at the […]
— CBN intervenes in forex market again, releases $100m The Federal Government expects the economy to climb out of recession and grow 2.19 percent this year, according to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, which unveiled the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017-2020 yesterday. In a statement made available to the media yesterday […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said addressing the challenges of making available quality early generation seeds in the seed value is critical to achieving the goals of the Green Alternative Agenda. Ogbeh stated this while declaring open the stakeholders workshop themed” Addressing the challenges of Early Generation Seed in […]
The Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Ibadan, has reinstated its four suspended workers, the Provost of the college, Dr Babajide Adelekan said. Adelekan announced this to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. He said the reinstatement was with effect from Aug.11, 2016 when the workers were suspended. Adelekan said the management of the college was directed […]